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Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing or permission of instructor. S-U option. Lecs, M W F 10:10-11:00. Optional laboratory, CSS [SCAS} 416 (also NTRES 416 and HORT 416). J. Lassoie, E. Fernandes, K. Mudge, L. Buck
An introduction to modern and traditional agroforestry systems which involves spatial or temporal integration of multipurpose woody plants (trees and/or shrubs) with annual or perennial crops and/or with livestock. Interactions between woody and nonwoody components of agroforestry systems are considered, based on above and below ground processes. The sustainability of agroforestry systems will be critically examined from biophysical, socio-economic, and policy perspectives.